Get rid of excess clutter without spending a dime!

Your house is probably the place where you spend most time in. And the way you organize and decorate it tells a lot about your lifestyle. If you have decided to reduce the amount of rubbish destined to the landfill, your house is the right place to start your lifestyle revolution. Declutter your home on a budget is easier than you think. And in this post we will give you some suggestions on how to do it.

Clutter isn’t just physical—it drains mental energy, consumes time, and subtly eats into finances.

But let’s face it: many of us are attached to their possessions for different reasons, and it might seem very hard, if not impossible, to get rid of some of our stuff.

However, being minimalist is not really about the number of items you own. Maybe you love reading, and you can’t part from your beloved printed books. Maybe your favourite hobby is cooking, and you need all those different utensils in your kitchen. Or maybe you are a collector, and numbers are important for you.

You might also be emotionally attached to something; remember that souvenir you brought back from your last trip? Or that blanket that your auntie knitted for you?

You see, for any of the examples above, it would make absolutely no sense to suggest to get rid of that “stuff”, because in those particular contexts, those things make somebody happy. Those things allow you to decompress spending time doing something you like, or make you remember a great journey or a beloved family member.

Becoming minimalist is about assessing the real value of our possessions; not an economic value, but a personal one. All the ‘stuff’ we own should be useful to us. Either as practical tools we need in our daily life, or as things which make us feel better.

Is an object something you need and use periodically, or something which makes you feel good? By all means, keep it. Is it something you never use, or worst, something which awakes bad memories or feelings? Get rid of it!

Save money while simplifying your space

Going zero waste might seem like a daunting task, especially if you are just starting your journey. But getting rid of things you don’t really need in your life is a great starting point. And contrary to what social media suggests, decluttering doesn’t demand buying matching containers or hiring professionals. You can transform your space for free. Follow our tips and learn how you can declutter easily and on budget your home.

Room-by-room approach. Tackling a room at a time will help you spotting wasteful items in your house and replacing them with more sustainable alternatives.

Pick a room, go there and look at the items laying around. How often do you use them, and how many of them have been sitting there for ages? Be honest with yourself: if you bought that bottle of conditioner 6 months ago, and you haven’t opened it yet, you probably won’t need it very soon. If you’ve never wore that pink shirt you bought at last year’s sales, you might need to acknowledge it was just an impulse purchase.

Intentional living. Check how many of the same item you own; do you really need two bottle openers? Or four different bed linen sets? You will be surprised on the amount of things sitting around which you just don’t need, and you barely, or never, use! Getting rid of them is a great way to declutter your house. It will make your home look more spacious and easier to keep cleaned. And you will make more room for the stuff you actually use and care about.

Give everything their ‘home’. After getting rid of all the stuff you don’t use and/or need, assigne a specific place to each object. This will keep rooms tidy and will make them easier to find.

Free up space and cash with these tips

Have you already done all the hard work of decluttering your house? Well done! I’m sure you’re already enjoying the physical and mental benefits of a tidy living space, and you have already started saving some money. But how can you keep your house free of clutter?

Sell or donate…don’t throw in your rubbish bin! Somebody’s trash can be someone else’s treasure. By recirculating an item you give it a second life, avoiding another unnecessary trip to the landfill. And when you sell, you can make some money: second-hand market is a great alternative to fast fashion consumerism. Check out this post to see how you can make money selling ‘rubbish’.

You can also donate your unwanted stuff to friends and family. Or you can give them to your local charity shop(s), just don’t use them as a dumping ground: remember to give them only clean and undamaged items that they can actually re-sell.

Buy less, use more. When you make the effort to sell or donate something, you become more conscious of stuff value. And you will become less prone to impulse purchases next time you go shopping. When considering to buy something new, use the ‘one-in, one-out rule’: only bring in a new item if you’re removing another.

Minimalism made affordable and easy

Here is the trick: if you start to own less things, you will start to realise the real value of each item. You will become more attached, and less willing to keep replacing them with their newer versions. And once you realize that you can declutter your house without going out of budget, it will be hard to go back to wasting time and money owning stuff that adds nothing to our life.

When they break, you won’t throw things away without thinking. But you will first check if and how they can be fixed.

If you take the time to choose every single object you use in your life, each object will matter more to you. And you will learn to apply the same reasoning when deciding to buy new things, avoiding impulse purchases.